Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H2255
חֲבַל
chabalkhab-al'
to destroy
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chăbal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2255is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2255
to ruin
The King James renders it: destroy, hurt.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chabal is rendered "to destroy". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Five of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 6:12May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.
Ezra 6:12לְחַבָּלָ֛ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- it will be destroyed3
- and destroy it1
- they harmed me1
- to destroy1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֲבַר | chabar | fellow | Uses6 |
| חֲבַל | chabal | harm | Uses3 |
| חֲבַצֶּלֶת | chabatstseleth | crocus | Uses2 |
| חֲבַרְבֻּרָה | chabarburah | spot | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- תִתְחַבַּ֔ל2
- וְחַבְּל֗וּהִי1
- חַבְּל֑וּנִי1
- לְחַבָּלָ֛ה1
- תִתְחַבַּֽל׃ פ1
The grammar of each form
- verb · poal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular3AVMi3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1AC/Vpv2mp/Sp3ms
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1AR/Vpcc
- verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1AVpp3mp/Sp1bs
Ezra
one use
May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.
- לְחַבָּלָ֛הlechabalahpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to destroy
Daniel
five uses
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
- תִתְחַבַּ֔לtitchabalverb · poal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be destroyed
And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
- וְחַבְּל֗וּהִיvechabeluhiconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and destroy it
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
- חַבְּל֑וּנִיchabeluniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they harmed me
I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
- תִתְחַבַּ֔לtitchabalverb · poal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be destroyed
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
- תִתְחַבַּֽל׃ פtitchabalverb · poal, yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be destroyed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.